Verizon Laboratories Inc.

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

James Francis Sorce

William David Goodman

Michael Alan Weintraub

Robert Edward Opaluch

Robert A Virzi

Gregory Wayne Cermak

Edward M Eggerl

William E Garrett, Jr

Allison Jaynes

Timothy Wayne Schmidt

Rebecca S Burd

Gregory Keith Evans

Douglas Reynold Jones

Margaret Malagon

Groups of consenting users such as families can track where other members of the same group are under agreed upon access arrangements. The locating system can operate in a passive mode. Users do not have to actively sign-in or check-in to the locating system for the locating system to obtain individual location determination estimates. The locating system collects communications device usage information from a plurality of communications networks, e.g., landline, cellular, Wi-Fi, DSL. The locations of communication devices and infrastructure are known. Members of locating groups are associated with various communication devices detected are being used. Approximate locations of an individual member or members of a locating group are inferred from detected device usage information. A location report is generated, e.g., in a map, table, or audio format, indicating the determined location of individuals, and optionally including time tags. The report is provided to authorized members of the locating group.

Passive individual locator method

In one of many possible embodiments, a system includes a monitoring portal configured to receive state information descriptive of usage of a plurality of communication services provided on a plurality of communication networks of different types and to make the state information available to a subscriber of the plurality of communication services, in substantially real time.

Monitoring portal systems and methods

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Needham, MA, United States of America

James Francis Sorce